How does one go about ground combat?

[Noble713]

Research (in order)
1. Construction
2. Troops
3. Troop Weapons or Smaller Weapons

Design
1. Troop Transport with lots of cargo
2. Troop unit with Ground Cannon/Cluster Bomb mix

Build
1. Troop Transports at shipyard planets
2. Troops at every other planet in the same system.

Load up
1. Send the transport to the other planets, and use either the Cargo Transfer or Load Cargo buttons to pick up troops.

Deploy
1. Get some other ships together to escort your transport, and send the fleet to an enemy planet.
2. If you use Strategic combat, make sure the fleet strategy is set to Capture Planet. If you use Tactical, move the transport next to the planet and press "T". Make sure any weapon platforms have been neutralized by your ships, or your transport will get chewed up.